Helsinki wants to recruit more daycare teachers from Spain | Yle News
https://yle.fi/a/74-20128194
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Helsinki wants to recruit more daycare teachers from Spain | Yle News
https://yle.fi/a/74-20128194
Posted by parandroidfinn
9 Comments
Mucho tienen que pagar para que profes de la guarde aprendan finlandés y se vayan a pasar ese frío.
Por qué España en específico? Me estoy teniendo que la respuesta va a ser de algún modo tremendamente xenófoba.
What is the reason to target Spanish daycare teachers?
***TLDR***
Helsinki plans to recruit 15 early childhood educators from Spain to address ongoing staff shortages in daycare centres. Selected candidates will participate in a Finnish-language training program in Spain that lasts 9 to 10 months before starting work in late 2025 or early 2026. This initiative builds on a successful pilot project for Swedish-language daycares. Spain was chosen for this program due to its surplus of qualified educators. Additionally, the initiative aims to enhance workforce diversity and promote work-based immigration.
***TLDR***
Helsinki planea contratar a 15 educadores de primera infancia de España para abordar la actual escasez de personal en las guarderías. Los candidatos seleccionados participarán en un programa de formación en lengua finlandesa en España que durará entre 9 y 10 meses antes de comenzar a trabajar a finales de 2025 o principios de 2026. Esta iniciativa se basa en un exitoso proyecto piloto para guarderías en lengua sueca. Se eligió a España para este programa debido a su excedente de educadores calificados. Además, la iniciativa tiene como objetivo mejorar la diversidad de la fuerza laboral y promover la inmigración laboral.
Noruega lleva años importando enfermeras.
Spanish is the most popular language to learn in Finland after English so makes sense, however I recommend you learn swedish and not Finnish, it’s better to work in Sweden/Norway/Denmark and Finnish is extremely difficult to learn. Housing, public transport, food, taxes etc are too high in Finland!
Let’s call down. It is 15 daycare teachers, it won’t solve any of the economic problems we have here (well, it will solve them for the teachers as they will be treated the way they deserve, and get paid a very good salary, and on top of that, they’ll have top notch resources to look after and help these kids during their early childhood development)
The shortage they are trying to address is caused by shitty salaries compared to the cost of living in Helsinki. Salary is most likely higher than in Spain, but renting is very expensive, food is much more expensive and going to a restaurant is outrageously expensive. Also taxes are higher.
And weather is absolutely terrible for most parts of the year, but lack of sunlight is the worst.
Wouldn’t even consider that offer.
(I’m a Finn living in Spain, couldn’t stand the darkness anymore)